Orphaned Media

Overview

Operations

Overview

Orphaned media is a logical repository of all the assigned media which does not have any associated libraries. The following sections describe media operations that can be performed for the Orphaned Media.

Operations

View Orphaned Media

To view all the Orphaned Media:

In the Commcell Browser, click Storage Resources and click Orphaned Media.

The list of all the orphaned media appears in the right pane of Commcell Console.

The media icons give more information about status of any media. For more information about media icons, see Identifying Media Icons.

Move Media to Library

Use this option to move an orphaned media to a library. You can perform this operation for any orphaned media.

To move an orphaned media to a library:

  1. From the right pane of the CommCell Console, right click the media that you want to move and click Move to Library.
    You can select multiple media simultaneously. Hold Ctrl key and select multiple media from the right pane of the CommCell Console. Then right click the selected media and click Move to Library.
  2. From the Move Media to Library dialog box, select the library to which you want to move the media. This dialog box displays list of libraries which are compatible to the selected media.
  3. Click OK. The media is moved to the selected library.

Other Operations

Depending upon the status of the media, some of the following operations are also available for each media:

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